Show:
Timeline events
Art and Music
People
Truth,Beauty,Goodness
Take a chance
100
Gutenberg created this invention in 1455.
What is the printing press?
100
This is Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting and is found at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
What is the "Mona Lisa"?
100
This person explored the Atlantic in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
During the Renaissance, people used this skill to learn about the world.
What is observation?
100
In the 1400s, scrolls were brought to Italy from this location.
What is Constantinople?
200
This person was born in 1452.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
Although he was known as a great artist, Leonardo da Vinci enjoyed doing this more.
What is designing inventions?
200
This person invented the printing press.
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
200
This is the translation of the word "renaissance".
What is "rebirth"?
200
This scientist spent a lot of time trying to figure out how things worked.
Who is Galileo?
300
This event took place in 1492.
What is Columbus sailed to the New World?
300
This is Michelangelo's favorite artistic expression.
What is sculpture?
300
This person established schools and brought books to Florence for the people.
Who is Lorenzo de Medici?
300
Scholars took scrolls out of Constantinople because of this event.
What is the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople?
300
These are the two words which make up the word "polyphony".
What are "many voices"?
400
This famous painting was completed in 1512.
What is the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
400
These two words make up the meaning of "polyphony".
What is "many voices"?
400
This person is responsible for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
400
People in the Renaissance read these to learn more about the old ideas about truth and goodness.
What are Greek and Roman classics?
400
This scientist believed the Sun was the center of the universe.
Who is Copernicus?
500
This scientist published his theory of the universe in 1543.
Who is Copernicus?
500
During the Middle Ages, there was sacred music. In the Renaissance, this new type of music was invented which included polyphony and madrigals.
What is secular music?
500
This person wrote "Don Quixote".
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
500
Information was spread around the world much more quickly because of this invention.
What is the printing press?
500
People had more time to read and learn during the Renaissance because they were no longer worried about this.
What is a barbarian invasion?